Slavery by any other name
Allina-Pisano, Eric.
Slavery by any other name African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / [electronic resource] : Eric Allina. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates :) ill., maps ; - Reconsiderations in southern African history . - Reconsiderations in southern African history. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization" -- From law to practice: "certain excesses of severity" -- The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of workers, chiefs, and villages -- Targeting chiefs: from "fictitious obedience" to "extraordinary political disorder" -- Seniority and subordination: disciplining youth and controlling women's labor -- An "absolute freedom" circumscribed and circumvented: "Employers chosen of their own free will" -- Upward mobility: "improvement of one's social condition" -- Conclusion: forced labor's legacy.
9780813932750 0813932750
Companhia de Moçambique--History.
Labor policy--History.--Mozambique
Forced labor--History.--Mozambique
Portugal--Colonies--Administration.--Africa
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Electronic books.
HD4875.M85 / A45 2012
331.117309679
Slavery by any other name African life under company rule in colonial Mozambique / [electronic resource] : Eric Allina. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 255 p., [10] p. of plates :) ill., maps ; - Reconsiderations in southern African history . - Reconsiderations in southern African history. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization" -- From law to practice: "certain excesses of severity" -- The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of workers, chiefs, and villages -- Targeting chiefs: from "fictitious obedience" to "extraordinary political disorder" -- Seniority and subordination: disciplining youth and controlling women's labor -- An "absolute freedom" circumscribed and circumvented: "Employers chosen of their own free will" -- Upward mobility: "improvement of one's social condition" -- Conclusion: forced labor's legacy.
9780813932750 0813932750
Companhia de Moçambique--History.
Labor policy--History.--Mozambique
Forced labor--History.--Mozambique
Portugal--Colonies--Administration.--Africa
Mozambique--Economic conditions--To 1975.
Mozambique--History--1891-1975.
Electronic books.
HD4875.M85 / A45 2012
331.117309679